Vietti, Barolo, Castiglione

Dark brick red. Good solid cork. Drank over three days via Coravin. Tobacco, cedar and herbs on the nose. Black cherry, minerals, and blackberries. Pleasing tartness, touch of oak, with nice structure and tannins that are beginning to soften. Drank well with a couple of different pastas. Glad I have some more for the future. Likely drinking well for many more years.

2010 vintage

Accord plus que réussi avec l'osso bucco pour ce vin plein de finesse, mais nous avons trouvé qu'il était prématurément évolué ce qui me fait demander combien de temps devrais-je attendre ma dernière bouteille... beaucoup moins apprécié que la précédente bouteille bue il y a un an ou deux (Très bien+, 90)

2010 vintage

liked by me more than others at a lunch get together big boy cabs seemed to dominate happy to have more to sip the next day

2010 vintage

The first of my bottles purchased on release, and the first time I've had the wine since a visit with Elena Currado at the winery 2014. This starts out very angular, awkward, and metallic, and takes some hours in the glass/decanter to come around. Two hours in, the aromas come across more mature than I'd expect from a relatively young 15 year old Barolo in a classic year, showing an old book, prunes, and some dried herbs. There's also just …

2010 vintage

Fruit is going.

2010 vintage

Decanted for sediment. Subdued nose of raspberries, light tobacco, and violets. Similar experience on the palate with unsweetened raspberries and tobacco predominating. Tannins are still quite grippy and just about overwhelmed everything else. Showed much better at the dinner table and paired well with gnocchi with bechamel and hot Italian sausage. Will probably wait a while to drink my remaining bottles.

2010 vintage

Consistent with previous tasting notes.

2010 vintage

Dried cherry, dried rose petals, and VA. Medium acid and tannin. Really nice concentration and finish. Palate mirrors the nose. Really classic aged Barolo in a great spot. Could go longer, but drink now if structure is desired.

2010 vintage

Korrekte Farbe für einen 17jährigen Barolo, Rostbraun bis ziegelfarben, orange Reflexe am Rand. Sehr tolle, rotbeerige Nase. Himbeeren, rote Johannisbeeren, Waldboden, Trüffel. Am Gaumen grossartige Balance, sehr präsente Frucht mit toller Struktur. Stützende Säure, die gute Frische bringt. Auch am Gaumen finden sich bereits angehende Tertiäraromatik. Schöner, etwas simpler, Vertreter des grossartigen 2008er Jahrgangs.

2008 vintage

Best bottle yet after a 4 hour double decant, deep ruby, roses on the nose cherries on the palate, med/firm tannins mod/long finish; delicious, drink or hold

2010 vintage

Flawed

2010 vintage

This barolo started out quite tannic. After and hour or so it had opened up nicely and continued to improve for another hour by which time we had finished the bottle. Very nice if properly decanted.

2010 vintage

Decanted 1 hour ahead. Great nose of flowers, cherry and spice. Medium bodied, nice balance of acid and tannin. No rush but this is in a nice place with a short decant. 92+ points

2010 vintage

Slow O'd for two hours; decanted for 3.5. Quite astringent at first: our palates had been gentled by an aged Aubert UV-SL Chardonnay, and this came as a shock to the tongue and palate. Once we and the wine settled in together, it was delicious, though I would not characterize this as a a classic Barolo: no roses, no tar: powerful, but a bit more one-dimensional than I've come to expect from the Nebbiolo grape.

2010 vintage

Penultimate of 4 bottles, last enjoyed this wine a few months prior. Did not strike me as a Barolo in this tasting. We all guessed it as a high quality Northern Rhone wine, perhaps Cote Rotie. Loved it, drink through 2028 or so.

2010 vintage

Bright acidity. Tannins in the right spot. Red fruit, a little dusty, rose petal. Very enjoyable. Fine on its own, will be a bonus with the right food.

2010 vintage

At absolute peak. Cherry, dark fruit, raspberry. Gorgeous. Slightly dusty but not earthy and funky

2010 vintage

Consistent with previous tasting notes.

2010 vintage

2nd bottle of 4, consumed in St Catharines, ON with dear friends. Notes of sour cherry pit, road tar, wet soil, some truffle, and sweet tobacco. Gritty tannins and great acidity, fantastic wine for food. Drink through 2028+.

2010 vintage

Lovely aroma, gorgeous blood red color, tasty, wonderful integrated tannins.

2010 vintage

Subsequent notes on this wine from 5 years ago. Medium reddish ruby in color with slight clearing at the edges. Full, forward & fragrant nose of ripe fruit aromas of cherries, strawberries & raspberries with overtones of floral notes of roses & earthy/dusty notes, tar, leather, olives, mushrooms, minerals, spices, dried herbs & a hint of cedar in the background. Medium bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, ripe red fruit flavors of cherries, strawberries …

2008 vintage

This was absolutely singing on this particular night. Bright red berries, plums, spice box, and fine integrated tannins. This was pretty, harmonious, and absolutely delicious.

2010 vintage

Nose is better than palate right now; nose is classic with mint, forest floor, tar, tobacco, dried cherry and roses; palate remains pretty structured and while drinkable with food it seems like the tannins could integrate further.

2010 vintage

Consistent with previous tasting notes.

2010 vintage

PnP at Asti with Matt. Tight and not giving very much until last sips. Very prominent licorice on the nose. Some cherry and rose. Decent balance but on the acidic side. Wait another 5 for remaining bottles.

2010 vintage

Needed 2 hrs in the decanter to wake up and smooth out. Otherwise was rather harsh and angular. On the elegant side with dried fruits and tar notes. Still with rather firm tannins but there’s a roundness to the fruit that keep it enjoyable. Have to think this is in early maturity and unlikely to get significantly better. With the structure was better with food.

2010 vintage

A beautiful wine. Earthy, dusty, and floral, with cherries, raspberries, herbs, spices, and that woody, cedary note you get from old Barolo. This is really well made and shows fine balance poised against clever complexity, structure, and vinosity. This is still evolving and I would love to see where it's at in five years.

2008 vintage

Corked half bottle. Damp cardboard, chemical, I’m pretty sure this was the real TCA deal. I was looking forward to this. 😭 Bartender broke the crumbly cork, only partially his fault I think. I’m so there a correlation between physically defective corks and TCA? I wonder. This isn’t my first coincidence.

2010 vintage

Medium ruby with a touch of garnet around the edges. Pronounced aromas of herbs and dark cherry. Wonderful sweet cherries with a savoury note on the palate. Medium acidity with subtle resolved tannins. A lovely freshness made this so drinkable. Still has more to reveal i think. Will try another next year.

2008 vintage

Piemonte - mature Barolo & Barbaresco (at my home) : Good but less than expected

2008 vintage

This is drinking very well right now. Crushed red fruit, minty herbs, and baking spice. Pure enjoyment and in a great place.

2008 vintage

Amazing as always, rich with a beautiful and expressive bouquet of red berries and fresh cut roses. Body is rich and tannic but very smooth. Top notch.

2008 vintage

100% Nebbiolo from vineyards in Castiglione Falletto, Monforte, Barolo and Novello with clay-limestone soils and vines 7-35 yrs old planted ~4,800/ha. Yield of 35 hl/ha. Gently pressed. Fermented 21 days in stainless steel with daily punch down. Aged 24 months in casks and blended in tanks 8 months before bottling. 14.5% Abv. 39,150 bottles, 300 magnums. Proprietors: Luca Currado Vietti & Elena Penna (4th gen) till July 2016 when Vietti was purchased by the Krause family (Kyle & Sharon) of …

2008 vintage

Fully mature but just not likable. Hmph.

2008 vintage

OCG’s Burlotto dinner (67 Pall Mall) : Not sure this bottle was in top condition - felt slightly advanced, and my glass had quite a bit of sediment. Quite rich, dark and stern (though not tannic). Lovely flavour, soft and long. A little heady though, and a bit clunky by comparison with tonight's other Barolos.

2008 vintage

Jetzt offen. Sehr schokoladig. Sehr dunkle Farbe, dunkles Rubin mit Ziegelreflexen. Eine tolle Rosen/Himbeernase, etwas Lakritz und Rauch. Am Gaumen Schokolade, Himbeeren, Teer. Fast etwas „zu rund“ um interessant zu sein aber das ist Klagen auf hohem Niveau.

2008 vintage

Outstanding complexity, not quite as rounded as Pio Cesare, but hits all the Barolo fruit, floral, and structural notes. A great wine at a fair price.

2008 vintage

Definitely in a sweet spot right now. Still some primary fruit but layered with wet earth, moss, dried flowers, leather, and sweet spice. Polished, clean Nebbiolo, in a semi-modern style. Will definitely benefit from time in a decanter or 5 additional years in bottle. Delicious.

2008 vintage

Deep red, cedar, tobacco, and grilled herbs on the nose. Mature. Dried cherries, grilled herbs, still moderately tannic, enough acidity to stand up to red sauce and eggplant. Leather and mildly earthy on the finish.

2008 vintage

Tar and Roses. Kidding. While it has those notes, it’s also full of deep dark dusty cherry, leather, licorice, dried cranberry, white pepper. Touch of cured meat at tobacco. Tannin is there, but it’s mellowed with age and masked with food. So I admit I’ve bought less high end Barolo but this makes me a believer.

2008 vintage

Dark and polished. Very nice elegant weight with hints of florality floating over top of dark berries.

2008 vintage

Seems to have hit its plateau and its just a vast boring canvas. Nothing sticks out, nothing is unique. I poured most of it down the drain.

2008 vintage

Seit der letzten Begegnung hat sich nicht viel getan. Nach wie vor eher säurelastig, schöne Weichselfrucht, forsche Tannine.

2008 vintage

Served with Christmas lunch, and unfortunately was a victim of the heat, when I likely should have stuck with the whites. Ok wine and starting to lose some of the baby fat, though there was some oak that seemed to be sneaking through. Have had better for the cash.

2008 vintage

I'm leaning to the somewhat more traditional style of Barolo, but this is certainly a really well-crafted wine, ready to go after giving it 30 minutes of air.

2008 vintage

Medium reddish ruby in color with slight clearing at the edges. Full, forward & fragrant nose of ripe fruit aromas of cherries, strawberries & raspberries with overtones of floral notes of roses & earthy/dusty notes, some tar, leather, mushrooms, minerals, spices, dried herbs & a hint of cedar in the background. Medium bodied with a good concentration of balanced & smooth textured, ripe red fruit flavors of cherries, strawberries & mulberries with dried herbs, minerals, earthy & a hint of …

2008 vintage

Classic Barolo - thin brick red with nice tannins. Well integrated.

2008 vintage

Great qpr as usual

2008 vintage

Still needs an hour to open up. Solid.

2008 vintage

Lovely, ready to drink Barolo. Wonderful integration of fruit, acids and tannins. Served with a spectacular dish of bolognese (Thanks Jen!). For a middle tier barolo from a storied house, this smokes the scales for price to value. Glad I've been patient. My remaining bottles bring anticipation.

2008 vintage

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